Saturday 6th Penang
They put out a nice breakfast and
we headed off in search of somewhere to book our train trips to KL and then
Singapore. It was hot and humid and a bit smelly – typical Asia. We found an ATM
and then a large modern hotel. The attached shopping centres were of a very
high standard and we enjoyed wandering round in the cool while it poured
outside.
We found a shoe shop and I took the
opportunity to buy Alyssa her first pair of Crocs. There was a full choice of
coffee shops and we had coffee and Anzac biscuit at Dome. The rain had stopped
and we headed off down to the wharf to find the ticket office. Which was closed
for lunch L
We wandered along the Clan Jetties, which is a series of stilt homes built out alongside the jetty.
We wandered around looking for
somewhere to eat and were just getting discouraged when we walked into a
Subway. Back to the wharf and we picked up tickets for next to nothing,
including 50% off my Seniors tickets J
We had an email from Nicky (Radiance of the Seas), who is
looking forward to meeting some Aussie wildlife in Perth on 28th. J
was trying to forward news to Steph about the opportunities for Sunday work at
the libraries and I was watching Gladiator – quite the Russel Crowe weekend!
We headed off to the nearby Little
India, which was exactly like Singapore. We found a restaurant that served
exactly the Indian food we like best – rich in flavour but just enough heat to
tingle your tongue and lips but not to blister your palate. We had the usual
sets on stainless steel dishes – chicken marsala, tandoori chicken and rogan
jhosh with naan and dhosi. Mango lassis of course!
This set us back $10 and we
finished off across the road with half a dozen assorted burfees to go,
including a couple of beautifully presented cashew flavoured apple-shaped ones
painted red and green just like a real apple, complete with a clove stalk.
On the way home, we watched the
gangnam video spooling continuously on a streetside flatscreen. Then settled
down to watch Jurassic Park 3 (or 4 or 5?) : The Lost World which was apparently shot on Maui.
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